By: Dave Genz Could we be in for a series of “real, legitimate winters” as Dave Genz predicts? If so, you will be much more successful ice fishing in snowy and slushy conditions if you follow Genz’s experience-based strategies. When it comes to understanding ice fishing from an Ice-Belt-Wide perspective, nobody has the years of … Read moreIce Fishing in a Real Winter
By Dave Genz By seeking out ‘prime time light levels’ and paying attention to presentation details, you can put together a nice catch of daytime walleyes. Here, Dave Genz shows a catch he made with several friends on Devils Lake, North Dakota, a mixed bag of jumbo perch and walleyes. Note the glowing walleye eyes, … Read moreDetails Rule the Day for Walleyes
By Dave Genz Lakes that hold nice perch also tend to hold big bluegills. This connection started as a theory, but Dave Genz is now comfortable saying that it holds true everywhere. Dave Genz revolutionized ice fishing by seeing what the sport could be, rather than what it always had been. By noticing what … Read moreThe Perch-Bluegill Connection
By Dave Genz Zooplankton triggers everything! Here, Dave Genz holds a dandy crappie taken during what essentially became a mid-afternoon ‘prime time’ period. When heavy clouds roll in during the day, the rapidly lowering light levels can trigger zooplankton migration, which can get fish moving around and actively feeding. On sunny days, expect these … Read moreZooplankton Triggers Everything!
By Dave Genz The plan pays off! Dave Genz with a nice bluegill that came after several hours of searching likely spots. His GPS, running a LakeMaster contour map, is mounted on the dash of his Bearcat snowmobile, and lets him accurately check spots quickly. His rods were rigged the night before, his Fish … Read morePlan for Ice Fishing Success
By Dave Genz Make this your best ice-fishing season ever. At early ice, especially when there is no snow cover to speak of, you must be stealthy or you’ll spook fish. Here, Dave Genz holds a big pike he caught by quietly kneeling on the ice and keeping movement to a minimum. Here’s a … Read moreYour Best Ice Season Ever
By Dave Genz Late ice sight fishing provides a rare chance to let the fish teach you the secrets to catching them. What you learn will serve you well at any time of year. Here, Dave Genz holds a dandy crappie he caught sight fishing on the late ice, from inside the darkened interior … Read moreLate Ice Sight Fishing Secrets
By Dave Genz Dave Genz explains seasonal movements under the ice, as we head from midwinter toward the late ice period Dave Genz with a beautiful transition time bluegill caught on a Lindy Fat Boy baited with three lively maggots. By anticipating that fish will begin moving in the direction of shallow water as … Read moreLate Ice Transition Time
By: Dave Genz Dave Genz with a dandy walleye taken by using his “poof-and-drag” method. He developed this technique specifically for the Lindy Rattl’n Flyer Spoon. He drops the lure on a slack line until it hits bottom, then drags it along bottom until it’s directly below him. Then, if he hasn’t had a … Read moreWHY 'Poofing' Bottom Works
By Dave Genz Dave Genz holds up a prize, a jumbo perch taken at the base of a break off a sticky-bottom area. Be precise this winter, as you search the base of breaks where burrowing insects live, and fish look for food. The real key to finding the mother lode of burrowing insects … Read moreSticky-Bottom Areas Refined